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The Salem Greyhounds are going where only one team in school history has gone before.

To the Class 2A State football semifinals.

Greyhound running backs Peyton Barker and Dillon Hoskins combined for 310 rushing yards and three touchdowns to lead Salem to a 38-22 victory over the Carlisle Bison in a foggy quarterfinal Friday night at Bomber Stadium.

"I'm excited and elated to be here," Salem head coach Clay Wiggins said. "We appreciate Mountain Home letting us come over and use their field, because ours was completely torn up. We may have to hit them up again (next week)."

Salem advanced to the semifinal round in 2017 after Earle was forced to forfeit its quarterfinal victory. The Greyhounds' Cinderella run ended with an 8-5 record that year after a loss at Foreman.

But this season, the Greyhounds (10-1) are no Cinderella, with a defense allowing only 10.09 points per game through 11 games.

Last season, the Greyhounds boasted the state's leading rusher in Jordan Turner, who racked up 2,885 yards and 38 touchdowns.

With Turner graduated, Salem hasn't seemed to miss a beat this season, with a rushing attack led by a veteran offensive line and Barker, an 1,800-yard rusher.

"Jordan was a good running back for us," Wiggins said. "All the guys who blocked for him are back this year. We have a lot of guys opening holes for Peyton and Dillon, and they run it hard. We also opened up our passing game a little bit. So, that's a plus."

Barker, who rushed for almost 300 yards against Parkers Chapel in a 46-22 Salem win in last week's second round, ran for 189 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries against Carlisle, including an 88-yard touchdown to start the game's scoring.

Junior quarterback Gavin Guiltner passed 6-of-10 for 64 yards and two touchdowns Friday night, one week after passing 6-of-11 for 110 yards and two scores against Parkers Chapel.

"They have a good bunch," Wiggins said. "The advantage was we can probably throw it a little more than them."

Salem is also one victory shy of a school record. The 2012 Greyhounds went 11-1 with their lone loss against Junction City in a home quarterfinal game.

The Greyhounds will host Fordyce, a 24-20 winner over Hazen, at 7 p.m. Friday in the semifinal round, at either Greyhound Field or Bomber Stadium.

Carlisle quarterback Will Carter led his team with 150 rushing yards on 11 carries and completed one pass for 14 yards.

Carter ran for a 41-yard touchdown four plays after Barker's opening 88-yard run. Early in the second quarter, Guiltner found junior Darius Brown for an 8-yard touchdown pass, and Kevin King caught the 2-point pass for a 16-8 lead. King led all receivers with four catches for 58 yards, while Brown caught two for a net of 6 yards.

Salem kept the momentum as Carlisle fumbled a pitch at its own 19-yard line for the game's lone turnover. Barker found the end zone three plays later to make it 22-8.

The Bison chewed 6:13 off the clock to end the half, however, going 13 plays to paydirt on a Carter keeper to draw within 22-16 by halftime.

Salem took the ball to open the second half, scored in seven plays, and its defense almost kept the Bison off the scoreboard in the second half, aside from a 79-yard escape by Carter with only 14 seconds left in the contest.

Hoskins scored and Barker ran for the conversion to make it 30-16. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Guiltner hit King on a 29-yard diving catch, and Brown ran for 2 to push it to 38-16.

Hoskins netted 121 yards on 17 carries in the game. Kamryn Taylor added 75 yards on 12 carries for Carlisle. Salem outgained Carlisle 368-294 in total offense on the night.